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%hNetworking
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For enabling network connectivity you first need to know what kind of network
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adapter you have, and obtain a suitable packet driver for it. The "crynwr"
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package contains lots of packet drivers for a variety of network adapters.
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There is also a packet driver for Intel Pro cards in the e1000pkt package, and
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a driver for AMD PC-NET cards in the pcntpk package.
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You need to get the packet driver for your card onto the machine, and load it.
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Then, you should be able to access the internet and get anything else you need
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using wget, htget, gopherus and other network-enabled applications.
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Note that packet drivers are mostly available for old-ish interfaces. If you
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have some modern ethernet card, then there might not be a packet driver
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available for it.
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%hFILE SHARING
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Perhaps these links could provide some pointers:
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<http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/Networking_FreeDOS_-_MS_Client>
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<https://www.lazybrowndog.net/freedos/virtualbox/?page_id=374>
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There is also EtherDFS, which is a very lightweight and easy solution for
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file-sharing between DOS and Linux (but it does require a Linux PC and some
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basic understanding of how Linux works):
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<http://etherdfs.sourceforge.net/>
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%hVIRTUALBOX - PACKET DRIVER
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VirtualBox is able to emulate an AMD PC-NET NIC (you need to make sure of that
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in the configuration of your VM, VirtualBox calls it "PCnet-FAST III" and it
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should be set to "NAT"). Then, in SvarDOS you have to install the pcntpk.zip
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package - you don't even need to download it, it's already present on the
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installation image so it should be as simple as that:
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pkg install a:\pcntpk.zip
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Finally, load it as such:
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C:\DRIVERS\PCNTPK\PCNTPK INT=0x60
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...and that's it. From now on, you should be able to search through the
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available online packages and install extra software, for example:
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pkgnet pull gopherus
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pkg install gopherus.zip
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(gopherus is a gopher browser)
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To search through the list of available packages in the online repository, use
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that:
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pkgnet search your_search_term
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